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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction, Chapters 1-2, Hold Fast to Your Children: Death in Hot Water, 'These Animals Are Not Real': The Myth That Can Kill You!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Josey fell into a pool trying to help a _________ and was badly burned.
(a) Child.
(b) Dog.
(c) Deer.
(d) Bear.

2. Two hard-and-fast rules in Yellowstone are what?
(a) To follow marked trails only and to avoid leaving food in open containers.
(b) To keep children in sight and to never bring pets.
(c) To not go near thermal areas and to stay in your tent at night.
(d) To not walk or ski in a thermal area in dark or blizzard conditions and to always camp in your assigned backcountry site.

3. While they view the springs, Ratliff's dog 'Mossie', a large Mastiff, escaped from the car and jumped into Celestine Pool, which routinely measures _______ degrees Fahrenheit.
(a) 148.
(b) 202.
(c) 184.
(d) 102.

4. Lester LaDuke, aged 4, died at _____________ Hot Springs on July 23rd, 1905.
(a) Mammoth.
(b) LaDuke.
(c) Old Yeller.
(d) Geyser.

5. The author, Lee H. Whittlesey, was a Yellowstone Park Ranger and later a ______ student.
(a) Med.
(b) Art.
(c) Law.
(d) Doctoral.

Short Answer Questions

1. Two women died in __________________ in 1901 though the park ranger failed to reported it.

2. Andy's father, named James Hecht, wrote who to encourage him to take positive action and he and his wife organized to make the National Park Service commit to improved safety?

3. The worst accident happened June 28th, __________, when Andy C. Hect, 9, was walking with his family along Crested Pool near Old Faithful.

4. By 1993, ___________ deaths had occurred because of a bison attack, but the potential for injuries is great.

5. Kirwan prepared to go in the spring and a bystander yelled what?

(see the answer key)

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